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90 Tex. Crim. 400

235 S.W 887

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 7, 1921

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1921-12-07

Tried below before the Honorable J. R. McClellan. Appeal from a conviction of perjury; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case. Cited cases in opinion.

Decided 1921-12-07

HAWKINS, Judge.

¶1 Conviction is for perjury. Penalty two years imprisonment in penitentiary.

¶2 Motion to quash the indictment was made for the reason, among others, that there was a failure to aver that the alleged false statement was material to the matter under investigation. The indictment reveals the justness of the criticism, and the Assistant Attorney General confesses error under authority of Bell v. State, 75 Texas Crim. Rep., 401, 171 S. W. Rep., 239; Scott v. State, 75 Texas Crim. Rep., 396, 171 S. W. Rep., 243; Adamson v. State, 90 Texas Crim Rep., 221 (No. 6425, opinion delivered November 2, 1921, not yet reported) ; Highshaw v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep., 200 (opinion delivered October 26, 1921, not yet reported).

¶3 Judgment of the trial court is reversed, and prosecution ordered dismissed under the present indictment.

¶4 Reversed and dismissed.

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